"Paul Carter was a successful doctor with a thriving practice in Melbourne but his personal life had reached a crossroads and the buzz of the city had turned to a grey and grimy drudge. The answer to his problems, he decided, was to move to the country to a house on a hill overlooking a lake. [These are] Paul's stories of adjusting to life in a small town, and how he came to meet his best mate Hardy, the Munsterlander"--Publisher's description